C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 105963	0	21h 27m 33s	+34° 01’ 30”
Star	HIP 105874	7.9644	21h 26m 31s	+33° 35’ 10”
Star	HIP 106323	7.4652	21h 32m 04s	+34° 12’ 06”
Star	HIP 106151	7.2882	21h 30m 06s	+35° 28’ 20”
Star	HIP 106708	8.0152	21h 36m 53s	+33° 43’ 06”
Star	HIP 106174	8.3102	21h 30m 21s	+35° 03’ 40”
Star	HIP 106589	8.2978	21h 35m 15s	+35° 11’ 20”
Star	HIP 106109	8.278	21h 29m 37s	+33° 47’ 43”
Star	HIP 106612	8.6974	21h 35m 34s	+34° 46’ 20”
Star	HIP 106745	7.7274	21h 37m 23s	+34° 36’ 10”
Star	HIP 105739	8.3472	21h 25m 00s	+33° 41’ 15”
Star	HIP 105984	7.1004	21h 27m 53s	+35° 24’ 32”
Star	HIP 106498	8.2512	21h 34m 16s	+35° 45’ 25”
Star	HIP 105704	8.7476	21h 24m 34s	+34° 15’ 47”
Star	HIP 106252	7.462	21h 31m 15s	+35° 52’ 24”
Star	HIP 105813	8.311	21h 25m 47s	+33° 28’ 55”
Star	HIP 106082	8.2894	21h 29m 16s	+34° 58’ 21”
Star	HIP 106272	8.7444	21h 31m 32s	+34° 32’ 49”
Star	HIP 106597	8.3238	21h 35m 20s	+34° 50’ 09”
Star	HIP 106379	8.5398	21h 32m 46s	+35° 45’ 55”
Star	HIP 106422	7.4192	21h 33m 20s	+33° 48’ 08”
Star	HIP 106465	7.9582	21h 33m 47s	+33° 12’ 52”
Star	HIP 106303	7.6814	21h 31m 48s	+33° 48’ 56”
Star	HIP 105773	7.9036	21h 25m 20s	+34° 44’ 38”
Star	HIP 106305	8.7802	21h 31m 49s	+33° 38’ 00”
Galaxy	IC 1392	13.0	21h 35m 32s	+35° 23’ 53”
Galaxy	UGC 11761	13.8	21h 31m 42s	+34° 31’ 45”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS)

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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